Replacement park for Newport (South Wales)

Due to some football bollox Newport's skatepark is being demolished. Which is good news as the surface is horrible anyway and they are replacing it with this. Should be done by the end of June if the weather behaves. The pool is based on Hereford's but on a larger scale.

amazing !!! some real good parks popping up in south wales lately

Interesting - same area of Newport as the old one?

That looks pretty good. Some different features - I can see some proper carnage with the tunnel out of the bowl

It does amaze me that Newport can fund not one but two modern parks, and demolish one, yet Swindon is still stuck with metal ramps. Hopefully that'll change soon tho. Any idea where the Newport funding is coming from? Gotta be looking at well over half a million for the two parks plus demolition I'd think.

Interesting - same area of Newport as the old one?

Tredegar park which is much easier to reach than the current site as it's just off the M4

T Any idea where the Newport funding is coming from? Gotta be looking at well over half a million for the two parks plus demolition I'd think.

Original park was about 100k I think. Funding for it's demolition and the new park has come from the Football Association of Wales and Newport Council. The site has a huge velodrome that probably doesn't get used much (I think the UK Olympic team train there) but I think the whole idea is to promote Welsh sport in general.

The old park is pretty naff really and can be a pain to get to so this is all good.

South Wales does it again. Looks great. If only we could get an indoor park within 45 mins of Bristol.

Work has started and is apparantly costing £175k.

It's gonna be flood lit until 10 every night! That means I may actually be able to get a skate in after school hours!

Work has started and is apparantly costing £175k.

It's gonna be flood lit until 10 every night! That means I may actually be able to get a skate in after school hours!

maybe get a weekly meet in order ?

The pool is based on Hereford's but on a larger scale.

That means tight then. Love seat in the deep end. I love a challenge.

More local parks ,you aint ever gonna retire at this rate cookie.

Yeah steps and love seat, will make for some interesting lines!

South Wales road trip definitely on the cards for me when this is done. Maybe Hereford too, if I can squeeze it in.

New park planned for Aberdare too as the old one is being demolished for a 'super school'. Will be bigger and better than the old one. And finished before the old one is demolished!

In Newport early tomo so will try to get some pics before the work blokes turn up

Work has started and is apparantly costing £175k.

That's quite a lot of park for their money - unless the model is " actual size " a la Spinal Tap
It's pretty much the budget we're aiming for here in Sherborne. I'd be blown away to have that three minutes up the road from me.

Got there just before 9 and there was already 2 guys on site so couldn't sneak onto the site for some proper pics. Anyway it's gonna be a big skate park. Location is perfect for access, has toilets and changing rooms. Only downside is it's next to a kids play park, crazy golf, etc so will end up full of scooter rats but at least that mean hot moms to watch in the sun while you queue for an ice cream.

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME !!

cant wait

cant wait

Me neither. Will be nice to have somewhere a few Masers can meet up every week or two as I normally skate on my own. Hence I never learn anything new.

Will try and get pics on Wednesday morning before/after the MSN jam. I'd offer you a lift Gumpy but not really sure when I'll surface (party the night before) or when I leave.

cant wait

Me neither. Will be nice to have somewhere a few Masers can meet up every week or two as I normally skate on my own. Hence I never learn anything new.

Will try and get pics on Wednesday morning before/after the MSN jam. I'd offer you a lift Gumpy but not really sure when I'll surface (party the night before) or when I leave.

im up for meeting when its built i need pushing to be honest , im quite tied up with work at the mo so if i get a chance to go see it i will

Was saddeend to hear about Newport's demise as it's th eonly concrete park around here I know of. Plenty of Metal and tarmac places.
New place looks mega!! But I think it will be swamped with scooters.

Will have to do the early morning Sunday Service routine again and get the rust off those bearings

Will see you there then, how much longer to completion

Nice - hope it stops raining this year for you

As well as the plan ,there is also a DIY section behind the big bowl,got invited over by youngo to have a peek,let my lad skate this section as it was finished and cured,he loved it,the bowl is big the pool is going to be a monster,all the fellas working on it skate,the finish is excellent,its going to be a cracker,the rumour is it ll be finis,hed in about 5 weeks ,got some pics on my phone if I can get them on here,best thing 15 min from my house

Hopefully summer will be over by then and the sun will come out. Any recent trips to porthcawl ,is the coping still intact.

Now that's a park!
I imagine loads of scootards from point 1-4, a bit less but still some from 16-23 but the bowl and the peanut bowl should be skater heaven!

Skated porthcawl,today,copings still good but it is getting damaged in the pocket where the kids drop in on the bikes scooters,they there s going to be a meeting with the council,as the scooters are banned ,if your surfing in the daytime you ve git till next thurs before the kids finish.thurs night is skate night

Was at porthcawl the weekend that coping is too dodgy to grind now but the flow is endless.I hope they can sort it out in the future

Had a look yesterday. Looking big, tight and scary!

And not that scooter friendly. Which is nice.

Guy on the left putting on the pool coping stones

Bring it on got some holidays banked ready for this

Bring it on got some holidays banked ready for this

Me too, last one over the 'door' is a pussy

Gotta be worth a visit, got a couple of days hols left to use.

Gotta be worth a visit, got a couple of days hols left to use.

I did Thornbury to the new park at the weekend. Took about 30 mins at a leisurely speed.

Shame there's the £6 bridge fee for you

Worth every penny

It's looking really Grim at Newport......

More evidence that modern skateparks are rubbish

It's looking really Grim at Newport......

Bloody hell thats massive. Or Grims shrunk.

Gonna av to get my big set of balls on for that one

Official opening is 21st September at 15:45.

Whens the unofficial opening

ROSPA have done them bit and a few safety features have been added.

Dainton was there filming yesterday day so it must be finished.

Think all the fences,etc are still up and there's still 24 hour security as the caravan Its still there according to my Mum who drove past yesterday.

It's looking really Grim at Newport......

Bloody hell thats massive. Or Grims shrunk.

Just look at those beautiful hips...bowl looks nice too.

Looks like its skateable now are they letting people in

Officially no. Unofficially no. Well that's what they are saying but then with a finished park to play with I'd say that too

I'm there next Friday for sure. IT WILL BE A SNAKE FEST as that's how it is around here and there will be a big turn out so if you want to skate bring a bat Or get Jake and Sam in a CRV/WKD sensai loop.

Planning on being there next Friday, going to pick my lads up from school then drive down and find it.

Not expecting to skate, I'm guessing it's goign to be heaving there

Not expecting to skate, I'm guessing it's goign to be heaving there

It'll be rammed! Just hoping they open the field up for parking as there's only 30 odd parking places in the normal car park.

I'm gonna head down early and see if I can get a roll before it gets too busy. Will be a huge snake session once the Kill City boys turn up. Fun but generally too quick for me!

I am right in thinking this is Tredegar "house" Park - just down from ASDA & the Duffryn

Tredegar House Sports Ground rather than the actual house. It's the park opposite the National Statistics place.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tredega ... d&t=m&z=15

Ah right, thanks, that makes more sense.

glad i asked now